θɒn noun
the aggregate of organisms that live on or in the benthos.
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benthos or benthon (ˈbɛnθɒs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the animals and plants living at the bottom of a sea or lake |
| 2. | the bottom of a sea or lake |
| [C19: from Greek: depth; related to bathus deep] | |
| benthon or benthon | |
| —n | |
| [C19: from Greek: depth; related to bathus deep] | |
| 'benthic or benthon | |
| —adj | |
| 'benthal or benthon | |
| —adj | |
| ben'thonic or benthon | |
| —adj | |
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Benthon
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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